Spammer Ducks For Cover

rabidgremlin writes "The New Zealand Herald has an article about a NZ based spammer who has shut up shop after being at the receiving end of an anti-spam campaign. Good riddance I say, but some of his comments ("never intended to break any regulations" and "I'll just stick to search engines and web sites - that's still plenty of fun and money.") had me wondering if he and other spammers are as really naive as the article makes out."

Comments

Re:20 phone calls?

[Magic Thread]

Except that phone calls are disruptive, because they actually make something ring and you can't filter them out. Get a sense of proportion, why don't you?

Ridiculous

[veldmon]

I don't know if it's the media or the spammers, but I always get the same vibe from these kind of articles. First, it's about the lackey, then the convoluted drama, and lastly the ambiguous moral outcome.

Lets get real about two things. First, it's not illegal to send unsolicited emails. Second, it's not illegal to use passive defensive measures to block said spam.

After that, it's all up to the investigators. Aggressive anti-spam activists should be locked up. They do more harm than good. I worked briefly as a spammer, but then lost my income as a result of an anti-spam hacker with a chip on his shoulder. Lets just say that it's not a pleasant experience. There's no use for vigilantes on the internet.